Science community engagement with schools Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2011 This report documents the first phase of a project looking at school–science community engagement initiatives. This project was funded by the Ministry of Education and carried…
Competent Children, Competent Learners Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2011 The Competent Children, Competent Learners project is a longitudinal study undertaken by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) which focuses on a group of…
From "student voice" to "youth–adult partnerships": lessons from working with young people as partners for educational change Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2011 This working paper describes a series of recent “student voice” projects undertaken by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER). Although these projects varied in…
Implementation of the New Zealand Curriculum: Synthesis of Research & Evaluation Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2011 The revised New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) was launched in November 2007 (Ministry of Education, 2007), following a lengthy period of trialling and consultation, which included the…
Literacy, language and numeracy: connecting research to practice in the tertiary sector Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 Around 40% of adults in Aotearoa, New Zealand have literacy and numeracy skills below a level needed to use and understand the increasingly difficult texts and…
National Standards, moderation challenges and teacher learning Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 Moderation of student work can support teachers to reach a shared understanding of the meaning of a standard, and to more reliably judge a range of…
Taking a "future focus" in education—what does it mean? Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 This working paper describes some of the ideas underpinning NZCER’s Future-Focused Issues (FFI) project. There is a variety of ways to interpret what it means to…
Primary science education for the 21st century: How, what, why? Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 This paper grew out of work NZCER’s science education team did for the Prime Minister’s Science Advisor. That work, entitled Inspired by Science, was published as…
Moderation and Teacher Learning: What can research tell us about their interrelationships? Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 This report investigates opportunities for professional learning when teachers work together to moderate their judgements of students’ work. It draws together key themes from previous research…
NZCER 2010 Primary & Intermediate Schools National Survey Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 This survey was conducted in schools in July 2010 in a random sample of 350 schools. It includes the views of principals, teachers, boards of trustees…
